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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has added 24 Florida sheriffs — and three former sheriffs — to her list of endorsements. That makes a law-enforcement trifecta for her, having earlier won the nod of the Police Benevolent Association and

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink has added 24 Florida sheriffs — and three former sheriffs — to her list of endorsements. That makes a law-enforcement trifecta for her, having earlier won the nod of the Police Benevolent Association and

One of the most dangerous gangs in Palm Beach County has taken a big hit: Twenty-four of its members were among the more than 30 arrested in a series of raids, authorities said Thursday.
Of the 36 gang members and associates detained in a multi-agency...

The FBI, which is reportedly investigating whether the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office violated the civil rights of minorities, should expand its inquiry to include the shooting death of Seth Adams by a deputy whose superior had questioned his...

A federal jury ruled in favor of a woman who sued the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and a former deputy over excessive force.The jury, which reached its verdict Friday, sided with Maria Paul, awarding her $75,000 on claims that former deputy...

Two Broward County Sheriff's deputies are being investigated after a firearm was discharged at an intersection near West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
No one was struck by the gunfire that happened Jan. 5 at 3:37 a.m...

— A woman defied armed robbers and sprinted to safety as the three gunmen took over a grocery store Thursday.
As she escaped, she warned a co-worker at the front door — unaware of the danger inside — to run with her, according to the store's owner....

Happy mayhem as usual in the armory, as Santa Claus arrived in a red BMW convertible led by motorcycles, and Christmas carols blared from the loudspeakers.
"This gets bigger every year," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said, surveying...

Palm Beach County sheriff's Deputy Brian Fidler says he was doing what he hopes anyone else would when he broke a window and climbed into a burning house, grabbing the three children inside and carrying them to safety.
"I just happened to be the...

Boynton Beach has had its share of cops behaving badly the past several years, but the arrest of officer Stephen Maiorino for allegedly raping a woman while on duty is particularly egregious.
Days after Chief Jeffrey Katz went public with Maiorino's...

Sheriffs and police chiefs from across Florida offered Monday to pay for a controversial database to track pain-pill prescriptions, a state project that legislators have so far declined to fund.
The lack of definite funding source has been one of the...